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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: mat on June 21, 2007, 01:34:15 PM

Title: buckwheat
Post by: mat on June 21, 2007, 01:34:15 PM
Does anybody know a farmer or anybody growing buckwheat in Massachusetts?
Title: Re: buckwheat
Post by: HockeymanVT on June 22, 2007, 10:11:51 AM
I am not a farmer (althought I was) and I am not in MA (I am in VT) but I have planted buckwheat to help feed my 2 hives.  I am curious what your question was going to bee.

Title: Re: buckwheat
Post by: Cindi on June 22, 2007, 10:53:29 AM
I grow buckwheat, but not a lot of it.  It self-seeds and is blooming now. I have read that bees only get nectar from buckwheat in the mornings and late afternoons, nothing inbetween.  I have no proof of this, only what I have read.  Have a wonderful day, great life.  Cindi
Title: Re: buckwheat
Post by: mat on June 22, 2007, 01:08:06 PM
I asked about MA buckwheat growers because I would like to bring my bees to the field toget some of my favorite honey.